Mingshi

Chapter 1099 Cutting the Leeks

Now that Luo Xin said it clearly enough, even Emperor Jiajing knew it clearly, if this crisis cannot be overcome, Daming might collapse.

The Ming Dynasty fell, and Emperor Jiajing had no other way out except death. Even Huang Jin and Liu Shouyou probably had no way out.This is a matter involving their lives, so they can't help being nervous.

"We must settle down first to fight against the outside world!" Luo Xin said in a deep voice, "Leave aside Korea for now, they will not cause us much loss. In half a year, at most we will lose another military town. And within half a year , Grassland will not easily enter Daming, they need time to wait and see, the possibility of Japanese pirates entering Daming is very small.

However, half a year from now, once we haven't resolved the civil strife and started to attack Korea head-on, I'm afraid the grasslands will send troops, and the Japanese pirates will go ashore. At that time, no one will be able to save Daming.Therefore, we have only half a year to resolve the civil strife.

There are a total of three things we have to solve in the past six months.The first one is to wipe out the bandits.The second is disaster relief.The third is to solve Daming's finances, even if it is temporarily solved.The only temporary solution is not only to plan out funds for disaster relief and extermination of rogue bandits, but also to prepare a large amount of war funds to deal with the northern Koryo and the southern Japanese pirates.Therefore, preparing funds is the most important of these three items.This can't be solved, everything is a lie. "

"How much do you need?" Emperor Jiajing's voice was trembling.

Luo Xin calculated and said: "At least 150 million taels are needed for disaster relief, at least 200 million taels are needed for extermination of rogue bandits. At least 300 million taels are needed to prepare for the war between the North and the South. If we add the officials' salaries and other miscellaneous items, Another 50 taels is needed. In other words, we need 700 million taels.”

"700 million taels..." Emperor Jiajing was dumbfounded, and Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin also looked at each other in blank dismay.

"No, can it be prepared?"

"Your Majesty, let's not say whether we can prepare it. Even if we can prepare it, the 700 million taels of silver will be spent within a year from today. What will Daming do next?
Without the Shibo Division, where would Daming's financial resources come from?

Your Majesty, you also know that without the Shibo Division, Daming's main source of income will come from land taxation.But now only 40% of Daming's land can be taxed, and the remaining [-]% is in the hands of people with fame and reputation, and they are tax-free.Pointing to the [-]% land tax, it has been [-] years since Daming received the tax. Daming is still riddled with holes, and the crisis is still not resolved. "

"You want to reform?" Emperor Jiajing's expression changed.The expressions of Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin on the side also changed.

Luo Xin shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, do you dare? Even if you dare, I will not dare."

"Huh..." Emperor Jiajing let out a long breath, feeling inexplicably relieved, and then looked at Luo Dao: "Then what can you do?"

"There is no fundamental solution, but there is a way to alleviate it. It can alleviate the Ming Dynasty's finances for five years. With these five years, the Japanese pirates can be eliminated, and the Shibo Department can be reopened. Daming's finances can be resolved."

"Say, is there any way?" Emperor Jiajing cheered up.

"Your Majesty..." Luo Xin said with bitterness on his face: "After this incident, I am afraid that I will become the public enemy of all officials. And the difficulty is not small."

"Don't worry!" Emperor Jiajing said solemnly: "With me here, even if I become a public enemy, so what? As for the difficulty, if you have any needs, just tell me."

Luo Xin secretly rolled his eyes, thinking in his heart, are you there?I'm afraid I'm better off without you.However, he can't ignore the situation like Daming. If he sits and watches the situation, it will be the people of Daming who will suffer.So he said solemnly:
"For an imperial decree, I need to have the power to execute it first, no matter who it is."

"Yes!" Emperor Jiajing nodded immediately: "What else do you want?"

"Gone!"

"Gone?"

"Well, it's gone!"

Emperor Jiajing stared fixedly at Luo Xin, and said for a while, "A single imperial decree can make Daming overcome the crisis?"

"No!" Luo Xin shook his head and said, "It's just that there is a great possibility that we can get through the first crisis, that is, within half a year, the disaster relief will be over, the siege of bandits will be over, and we will be ready for the Civil War and prepare for the next five years." In the absence of the Shibo Division, Daming was able to barely get by and lay the foundation."

Emperor Jiajing's expression gradually turned serious. He didn't think that Luo Xin's request for an imperial decree would be a display. He was afraid that Luo Xin was going to kill, so he said in a deep voice:
"What do you want to do?"

"Leeks have grown like wormwood, it's time to cut them."

Emperor Jiajing's eyes were fixed: "What do you mean?"

"Your Majesty, the fact that the Ming treasury has no money does not mean that those officials have no money. The reason why those people have money is because of corruption and bribery, and the people of Ming also like to buy land. So, in addition to their plundering, they also bought A large amount of land, and it is precisely because a large amount of land is in their hands that Daming cannot collect taxes, resulting in an empty treasury. Killing them has four major benefits.

First, there may be a lot of confiscated cash and food, which are enough to support disaster relief and encircle and suppress bandits.

Second, a large amount of land was confiscated. Instead of auctioning these lands, the imperial court leased them to farmers for planting. In this way, the national treasury received more taxes and eased finances.

Third, there are too many officials in Ming Dynasty, and there are too many people with fame. Many people with fame cannot realize their ambitions, because the previous pitfalls have not been poured out, and they need to be ranked according to their seniority.Therefore, Daming's officialdom is like a pool of stagnant water, and now that a batch has been cut off, it is also to make this pool of stagnant water flow.

Fourth, deter those corrupt officials and wake up the officials of Ming Dynasty, which can be regarded as a bright future for the officialdom of Ming Dynasty. "

"Okay, I'm sure!" Emperor Jiajing pondered for a moment and nodded.

"Your Majesty, do you still have money in the inner treasury?"

Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Xin vigilantly, and Luo Xin smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I will lend it to you, and I will return it to you."

"What are you going to do?"

"If you want to cut leeks, you must have leeks, right? It's hard to determine whose leeks are in a hurry. The money from your majesty's private house is used as an introduction, and it will be returned to your majesty soon."

"Really?" Emperor Jiajing was a little reluctant.

"Your Majesty!" Luo Xin laughed and said, "When did you ever break your promise?"

Emperor Jiajing thought about it, and it was true.And he also thought that if Luo Xin couldn't solve the problem, Daming would have a big problem. At that time, let alone his private money, even his life would be in danger, so he nodded and said:

"I don't have much, only 70 taels."

Luo Xin couldn't help cursing secretly in his heart, there was 70 taels, and Xu Jie was asked to use the treasury to build Yuxi Palace?
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